Why does Albania need a thermal power plant in particular?
A. The annual energy that Albania can produce today is 4,200 GWh while the demand is 6,800 GWh. That gap must be met somehow, either by importing it or producing it in country. Albania’s electricity crisis is largely the result of the fact that the country generates almost all its electricity from hydropower (dams), which drops in dry years when shrinking reservoirs cannot keep the turbines going enough to supply the energy needed. Before 1997, Albania produced enough electricity to meet domestic demand and also to export to neighboring countries. But, the demand for electricity has increased four times compared to the early 1990s, while poor maintenance of energy facilities and low rainfall have cut electricity output in half.While it has many benefits, hydropower is vulnerable to changes in weather, to drought cycles and climate change. Albania has made the decision to diversify its sources of electricity and to cover a part of the base load. Thermal power plants would help in that e
